Company Information
Outline of the Oita Shoyu Cooperative Company (Fundokin Shoyu Co., Ltd Group)
This cooperative union and factory was established with the leadership of the Fundokin Shoyu Company for the manufacture of soy sauce and soy sauce processed products.
How to make dark regular soy sauce
(authentically-brewed)
Five characteristics of Japanese style soy sauce
- ① Same amount of soybeans and wheat
- ② Koji(rice malt,aspergillus)
- ③ Bara koji(literally,loose koji)
- ④ Use only koji as raw material
- ⑤ Clear liquidseasoning
Unrefined soy sauce fermentation and maturation tanks
Capacity 540 kl
(Guinness Record for world's biggest wooden brewing barrel)
Diameter 9m,height 9m,to the lid 12m,capacity 540kl
Founding of the Cooperative: 1974
Completion of the Cooperative Factory: 1977
Number of Employees: 118
Number of union members: 19 companies (Fundokin Shoyu, and others)
Overall Production Output: 17000 kl (1st in Kyushu, 9th in the nation)
JAS Certified Organic Processed Food Factory
Labor Safety Management System OHSAS 18001
